June 1, 2021
Long overlooked in the classroom, the Tulsa Race Massacre is getting renewed focus in classrooms across Tulsa, Oklahoma.
SHOW TRANSCRIPT When I first learned about the Tulsa race massacre, all I learned was what happened, said Emily Harris, a teacher at Will Rogers High School in Tulsa.
Harris is a born-and-bred Tulsan. She s now a Tulsa Public Schools teacher. working to ensure the massacre is no longer a footnote in the history books. It s something that brings out emotion and everybody in the classroom and everyone s emotions are going to be different, she said. One thing that we can say that we re when we re all together is that we re all Tulsan s like this is our community that we re learning about.